Not on objective game
The dicce rolls are so patently slanted to what the game board presents that it is almost comical. Not objective game play, and that robs the fun out of the game and strategy. Not worth your time.
Difficulty settings ruin the game
Changing the difficulty to hard doesn’t actually make the AI better.
What it actually does is do anything and everything to keep you from winning. The AI will keep rolling 7s until you have no resources left and then continue rolling that one number on the board you have nothing built on.
Takes all the fun out of a really enjoyable game.
edit: every time I come back to try to play a solo game I just leave p*ssed off lol
What it actually does is do anything and everything to keep you from winning. The AI will keep rolling 7s until you have no resources left and then continue rolling that one number on the board you have nothing built on.
Takes all the fun out of a really enjoyable game.
edit: every time I come back to try to play a solo game I just leave p*ssed off lol
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Game is Fine. CPU Cheats
Updated Review:
I have no idea what they did during this last update, but the game is effectively ruined. From the time it took me to get from 2 to 9 points, only 10 7’s were rolled. Once I hit 9 points, for 11 straight rounds, one CPU (going right after me) would roll a 7. They would move the robber. The second CPU (going after the first CPU) would roll the exact number that the robber was on, then play a knight card. Only stealing from me. The only time I got cards was when my wife would roll the dice and it just happened to land on something I had. For 11 straight rounds the computer cheated like crazy. We went from 10 7’s in 30 minutes to 20+ 7’s being rolled 10 minutes later.
Avoid. Save Your Space. Wait for the Reviews to Mention that they have fixed the cheating. These Creators honestly kind of suck.
I have no idea what they did during this last update, but the game is effectively ruined. From the time it took me to get from 2 to 9 points, only 10 7’s were rolled. Once I hit 9 points, for 11 straight rounds, one CPU (going right after me) would roll a 7. They would move the robber. The second CPU (going after the first CPU) would roll the exact number that the robber was on, then play a knight card. Only stealing from me. The only time I got cards was when my wife would roll the dice and it just happened to land on something I had. For 11 straight rounds the computer cheated like crazy. We went from 10 7’s in 30 minutes to 20+ 7’s being rolled 10 minutes later.
Avoid. Save Your Space. Wait for the Reviews to Mention that they have fixed the cheating. These Creators honestly kind of suck.
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Small fixes needed
Would be 5 but the zoom in/out functionality is bada and often locks in place, gets stuck. Using an iPhone 17 so wouldn’t expect UI issue like this on device this widely used to go unresolved. Will switch to 5 if fixed.
I CANT EVEN REGISTER
The game does not let me register for an account, no UI explaining the failures either, just, “Login Failed” 7$ for this BS!!!
WAY BETTER Than Catan Universe
I don’t understand why this game was abandoned for Universe. This one was way better, it was quick, the layout was way better and simplistic to use. You had a wheel menu and selection. 3 clicks done, new universe is 40 clicks and the whole screen is the other avatars. Like I wish Classic had Inka and Dragons and it would be way more used.
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Leader of Catan
I love playing the game. Good space filler on breaks and I can pick up where I left off during any downtime. I did finally win a game and wanted to try to play my next round and the app started crashing. Working with the developer to get this fixed with an update.
Catan
Get the robber to much in a row. NPCs get monopoly more than seems random. Love the game, hate the game mechanics
Fun because it is cheap
This game is really cool and there is levels that I like like ore for wool
Décevant par les bogues
Je suis très déçue. J’ai acheté le jeux pour les quatre membres de ma famille et une fois sur deux, il y a des bogues qui nous empêchent de jouer ensemble. C’est dommage car on adore ce jeu.
Stupidly Corrupt Dice Rolls
Unbelievably slanted dice rolls. There is an option on the main settings that show the number of times a particular number on the dice has been rolled. It always changes to put the player at a huge disadvantage. It is so infuriating! No casino is so dumb and corrupt as to manipulate the odds half this much. Do not waste your time or money. Be better than me, read reviews first.
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paid but cannot login
I paid for the app and it will not let me log in or anything. It said that it is the wrong password after setting up an account and when it tries to send a password reset, it does not come to my e-mail.
Overly simplistic algorithm ruins game
Mediocre proxy for the real game. The main reason is the algorithm that governs the dice rolls and the bots is absolutely atrocious and just lazy (and for that I send a very sincere f-u to the game developers!). A few examples: Almost without fail, when the human player takes the lead by one even point, the bots gang up and start playing knight cards in sequence and moving the robber from one territory of the human player to the next (even though other bots are also within spitting distance of the lead), taking resource cards with each move. I’ve played many games where in 4 turns I’d lose all my resource cards because the bots keep playing robber cards one after another against the human. Also, as soon as a robber is placed on a human player’s territory, without fail, the next dice roll will be the number on which the robber is placed. Also, it’s incredible how many wild cards the bots have - I’ve played games where they have 6 at a time, and have even lost games where the bot has no less than 4 victory point cards (I.e., has 6 points and wins the game with 4 victory points cards - like, really!?!). Just lazy programming. So, yeah, not a great game.
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AI cheats
The game itself is fun but in the independent play mode the AI will always roll multiples of whatever number you don’t have in a row, or multiple 7’s to keep you from winning.
Great game but having issues on iPhone
App kicks me out every 20mins or so. Requires me to sign in every single time.
Could be so much better, it’s just annoying
The algorithms for dice rolls are ridiculous. If you don’t have a particular number that number will constantly be rolled. If one of your tiles just got covered by the robber, that number will assuredly get rollled the very next turn. The AI players will not target you with the robber to start the game, but at some point they will hyper target you. I’ve lost 4-5 resource cards in a single turn countless times. The AI players also always have the monopoly cards. This app is not worth $4.99, the only redeeming point is no adds. It’s slightly better than never playing Catan, but be prepared for AI schenanigans. Developers, fix this! Make the dice truly random for pete sake! Until they do, avoid.
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Love Catan but…
Catan is great and so is this app WHEN IT WORKS. I have been kicked out of multiple games in the middle of playing, the app also glitches often. It’s difficult to log in and sometimes crashes out after I get logged in. This is a great app when it works but it’s frustrating to pay for an app that glitches so often. It is the worst app I have purchased for that reason. Update your app and fix this so we can all enjoy more Catan. Können Sie mir bitte helfen?
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Glitched
Very much like playing Catan - except when it glitches and skips my turn or doesn’t let me use a resource or game does not automatically play my victory point development card and I end up losing my game.
Endless cheating. Statistically proven.
Catan’s AI is not difficult. It is poorly designed.
The statistical anomalies become especially pronounced when the human player takes the lead: repeated 7s, disproportionate Knight attacks, persistent robber targeting, and extended suppression of the player’s highest-probability numbers.
We use the game in our programming statistics class at my college specifically to map these patterns and demonstrate the difference between legitimate randomness and apparent algorithmic intervention.
Good AI wins through superior strategy. This engine appears to manufacture difficulty by manipulating outcomes and coordinating AI behavior against the human player.
That isn’t intelligent competition. It’s cheating disguised as difficulty.
The statistical anomalies become especially pronounced when the human player takes the lead: repeated 7s, disproportionate Knight attacks, persistent robber targeting, and extended suppression of the player’s highest-probability numbers.
We use the game in our programming statistics class at my college specifically to map these patterns and demonstrate the difference between legitimate randomness and apparent algorithmic intervention.
Good AI wins through superior strategy. This engine appears to manufacture difficulty by manipulating outcomes and coordinating AI behavior against the human player.
That isn’t intelligent competition. It’s cheating disguised as difficulty.
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Update
Please update this game. There are quite a few bugs.
